Odeny, Beryne M.
Njoroge, Anne
Gloyd, Steve
Hughes, James P.
Wagenaar, Bradley H.
Odhiambo, Jacob
Nyagah, Lilly M.
Manya, Ayub
Oghera, Ooga Wesley
Puttkammer, Nancy
Article History
Received: 7 August 2022
Accepted: 10 October 2023
First Online: 23 October 2023
Declarations
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: The protocol was reviewed by the University of Washington’s Human Subjects Division which determined that the evaluation did not involve human subjects, as defined by federal and state regulations. Therefore, ethical approval by the University of Washington Institutional Review Board was not required. This is not a study reporting experiments on humans and/or the use of human tissue samples. We used national, aggregated, routine health data (non-research data) that was de-identified and fully anonymized before we accessed them, thus the ethics committee waived the requirement for informed consent. The need for informed consent was waived by the University of Washington Institutional Review Board and the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) Ethical Scientific Review Committee. The United States (US) CDC’s Center for Global Health Office of the Associate Director for Science (ADS) approved the protocol (#2018-528) and local IRB clearance was granted by the AMREF Ethical Scientific Review Committee.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.